This book is an adaptation of seven of Edgar Allan Poes's famous short stories. It has about 3 000 headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners. The text has been adapted and simplified, but it keeps the ideas and flavor found in the original stories. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, literary critic and a major figure in world literature."It would also be just to say that Edgar Allan Poe sacrificed his life to work, his human destiny to immortality." Jeorge Luis Borges "It's because I liked Edgar Allan Poe's strories so much ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. For Grace, a ghost in a haunted house, the arrival of a young mother with a baby stirs memories of the man and the child she lost so many years before. But then danger threatens the baby girl and Grace must act decisively. ... |
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Building the next business generation. The Business 2.0 provides university students who are preparing for future employment with the language and business skills they need to succeed in a competitive international environment. Based on extensive user feedback, research into Business English studies and the evolving needs of employers, the course builds on the success of the original edition and offers students the confidence, language and skills to thrive in an international work environment. There is a strong focus on the "intangible" business skills - emotional intelligence and interpersonal abilities. So ... |
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Based on the story of Gaston Leroux . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers... But who has actually seen him? Finalist of The Language Learner Literature Award 2004. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written ... |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes , in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair. The ... |
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Based on the story of Mark Twain . Retold by Alex Raynham . ... It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything. There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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The ever-elusive Enola Holmes has now been on the run for more than eight months, much to the bemusement of her brother - the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. During a chance encounter with an old acquaintance, Lady Cecily, Enola realises that there is more to the young woman's plight than meets the eye. Especially when she leaves behind a dire plea for help within a peculiar pink fan... Puzzled, Enola finds she has no choice but to risk her freedom and join forces with Sherlock. But can she trust him? And can they both save Lady Cecily in time? ... |
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In this book illustrated by Alan Burton, there are two nineteenth-century ghost stories - "The House in the Picture" and "Abbot Thomas' Treasure". The House in the Picture Mr. Williams has an old picture of a house. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very interesting picture. Then the picture tells Mr. Williams a terrible story. Abbot Thomas' Treasure An archaeologist finds some gold in an old church. It has been hidden for three hundred years. But the guardian of the gold returns, and the guardian of the treasure is angry. This book is in ... |
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As an inseparable part of the Bulgarian people, the Bulgarian Jews have shared on an equal basis the entire history of their establishment as a nation. Integrated for centuries in Bulgarian society, the Bulgarian Jews have participated alongside all Bulgarians in the country's national history. They defended their homeland during the struggles for liberation from Ottoman rule and fought in all the wars in which Bulgaria was protecting it's statehood and nationhood. The contribution of the Jews to Bulgaria's economic, cultural and intellectual advancement following the Liberation is also considerable. It has ... |
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"Докато ти спеше..." Когато брат ѝ Томас е ранен на бойното поле в Америка, осиротялата Сесилия Харкорт е изправена пред две непоносими възможности: да отиде да живее при леля си или да се омъжи за подлия си братовчед. Вместо това тя избира трети вариант и прекосява Атлантическия океан. Решена е да намери брат си и да се грижи за него, докато оздравее. Но след седмица на безрезултатно търсене Сесилия случайно се натъква на най-добрия приятел на брат ѝ, красивия офицер Едуард Роуксби, който е в безсъзнание и се нуждае от нейните грижи. Тогава младата дама се заклева да спаси живота му, дори и това да ... |
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Изчерпателен наръчник за силата на числата. ... Повечето хора имат щастливо число, но също така съществуват и лични числа, които можете да използвате, за да увеличите своя потенциал и дори да предвиждате бъдещето. Този изчерпателен наръчник разкрива как да изчислите лесните формули за всичките ви числа и показва как да ги използвате, за да откриете скритите си личностни характеристики и цели, да постигнете успех в работата, да изберете партньор в живота и т.н. Ще научите също как да избирате благоприятни дати за бъдещи събития и с помощта на числата да се ориентирате какво предвещава предстоящата година на вас и другите. ... |
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Чисто нова колекция от трикове, страхотни специални ефекти и "вътрешни" тайни на Adobe Photoshop. ... Кори Баркър, изпълнителен продуцент на PlanetPhotoshop.com и един от "хората с Photoshop" във "Photoshop User TV" ви предоставя удобният и вдъхновяващ том от серията "Задкулисни трикове". Да, тази книга е събрала едни от най-удивителните ефекти с Photoshop, които някога сте виждали, на едно място. Чудили ли сте се как се правят постерите на кинофилми или може би как се взимат скучни ежедневни снимки и се превръщат в холивудско творение? А може би просто искате да знаете как да ... |